Cigarette holder



Jun 23, 1925. 1,543,043

E. ALLEN CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed March 7, 1925 Patented June 23, .1925.

i mmi sm s -EDGARv ALLEN, OF CAMBRIDGE, OHIO.

OFF E}- T I CIGARETTE Honnnn.

Application filed Mara. 7,1923. Serial naezasoa To all uihomit concern.

- Be it known'that I, E G ALLEN, a citi-' 'zen of the United States of,America, residi'ng'at Cambridge, in the county of Guernsey and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CigaretteHolders, fication. I

This invention relates to improvements in cigar or cigarette holders,designed primarily to filter and collect nicotine and other injuriousconstituents emanating from tobacco when smoking.

I have found from actual experience that nicotine can be successfullyremoved from smoke, incident to smoking tobacco by passing the smokethrough a body of mineral oil, and thereafter further filtering thesmoke through absorbent material. In this discovery, I have found thatstrong tobacco which ordinarily burns theto-ngue or throat can bemellowed down to such an extent as to lend sweetness to the tobacco.

Therefore one of the principal objects of my invention is to provide acigarette holder, or a pipe, with a chamber having valves so arrangedthat a sufficient body of 'oil can be properly maintained in the chamberto insure of the smoke being drawn through to collect'the nicotine, andto further provide means in the holder for filtering the smoke afterpassing through the oil to remove any remaining foreign constituent.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the holder.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 33 of Fig.

The numeral 1 indicates a cigarette holder, preferably comprising acigarette holding section 2, an oil chamber section 3, a valve section4, and a mouth piece section 5, sections 1, 4, and 5, each having anopening for the passage of the smoke. The cigarette holding section 2 iscurved slightly upwardly and forwardly at the front end to properlyposition a cigarette while smoking.

of which the following is a speci- The inner end of the section isenteriorly threaded 'and the'terminal of the smoke passageis tapered toform a valve seat 6. Aball valve 7 cooperates with the valve v seat 6,the ball being held in operativeposh 7 tion by a light spring 7 whichbearsagainst a bar S located at and extending across the mouth of'thetapered portion of the'smoke passage. t

The oil chamber section is tubular and is 'interiorly threaded atop'pc-site ends as shown at '8 and 9, the threads 8 engaging the threadedend of the cigarette. holding section. The chamber contains" a body ofmineral oil sufficient to cause the smoke to pass through it whensmoking, and when the holder is in normal or smoking position.

The valve section 4 is threaded at o] posite ends as shown at, 10 and11, the

threads 10 engaging the threads .9 of the oil chamber. The smoke passagein the valve chamber is tapered at the upper end to form a valve seat12, on which operates a ball valve 13, held'in operative position by alight spring 14, which engages a bar 15 extending "across the passage.Above the tapered portion of the smoke passage in the valve section andabove the bar 15 isan enlarged chamber 16, containing absorbent materialindicated at 17.

The mouth piece section is interiorl threaded at its lower end at 18, toengage the threads 11 o'fthe valve section, and the free end of themouth piece section is curved upwardly and rearwardly with reference tothe cigarette holding section, the smoke passage communicating with thechamber 16. i r

In using the holder, a suitable supply of mineral oil is put in thechamber of theoil chamber section, and the various sections are screwedtogether. The spring actuated valves close the smoke passage at the endsof the oil chamber so that the oil is properly and effectually confined.

WVhen the smoke is drawn through the holder, the suction withdraws thevalves.

when suction is created, the incoming air and smoke precludes the oilworking past the valve and into the cigarette holding section.

After the smoke passes through the oil and the nicotine is collected,the smoke is then subjected to the filtering action of the absorbentmaterial. This may be cotton, silk, or other filtering material, and itmay or may not be saturated with oil as other filtering material. I havehowever, found that very satisfactory results can be accomplished byemploying dry filtering material.

In selecting the oil for collecting the nicotine, I have discovered thatmineral oil is the most effective, paraffin oil having been found to bethe most satisfactory. This oil effectually removes and collects thenicotine and mellows the taste of the tobacco and prevents burning thetongue of the user.

T he invention is extremely simple for the function accomplished, and isso constructed that When the oil or the filtering material becomes foul,the parts can be readily separated and clean oil and absorbent materialreplaced.

tioned section and removably secured to the latter, said hollow sectionbeing in open communication with the valved passage and being adapted tocontain a free body of mineral oil, a valve section connected tothehollow section and containing a passage controlled by a valve and opento the hollow section, and an enlargement of such passage adapted tocontain an absorbent, and a mouth piece removably secured to the valvesection and having a central duct communicating with the absorbentchamber, the end of the mouth piece serving to retain the ab sorbent inthe chamben V In testimony Whereofl afiix my signature.

EDGAR ALLEN.

A holder for cigar or cigarettes, co-mpris-

